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• Attorney General Jeff Landry agrees to drop Common Core lawsuit

  11-02-2016 23:53
  
  After a week of public fighting between two of Louisiana's top elected officials, Attorney General Jeff Landry has decided to join with Gov. John Bel Edwards in seeking the dismissal of the state's Common Core lawsuit against the federal government. Landry said...
  
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• John Bel Edwards speaks on state television at 6:30 p.m.: Follow our live coverage

  11-02-2016 23:28
  
  State Treasurer John Kennedy will then deliver a Republican response. Neither speech is expected to last over 15 minutes.
  
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• Sleep deprivation, the lasting effects on your body

  11-02-2016 20:14
  
  BATON ROUGE - Considering the average person sleeps one third of their life, it's safe to say sleep plays an important role in one's daily activities.Sleep is a way to recharge and heal the body at the end of a busy day. Continuous sleep deprivation is linked to a slew of health risks, including high blood pressure, diabetes and stroke."Busy schedules and they just say, 'Well, I've got to do it. I've got all these things I have to do I just have to do it,'" Our Lady of the Lake Neurologist Kevin
  
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• Livingston LIGO lab helps detect Einstein-predicted space ripples

  11-02-2016 18:01
  
  Space ripples created by collision of two black holeswere detected in 2.5-mile-long Livingston underground laser mirror chambers, and a similar laboratory in Hanford, Wash.
  
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• Baton Rouge is a political hotbed Thursday; three events to be streamed on WBRZ.com

  11-02-2016 17:53
  
  BATON ROUGE - For the second time this year, the capitol city will be buzzing with political activity Thursday evening.First, Governor John Bel Edwards is set to discuss the state's budget crisis and sell his plan on fixing it in a rare state-wide address. The governor will appear on public broadcasting and a live stream on WBRZ.com at 6:30 p.m.After the governor concludes his remarks, Louisiana Treasurer John Kennedy said he will provide the Republican response. Kennedy's remarks are scheduled
  
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• Donald Trump campaigns in Baton Rouge

  11-02-2016 17:51
  
  BATON ROUGE - Presidential candidate Donald Trump addressed crowd of what was estimated to be 10,000 people at the Baton Rouge River Center Thursday.
  Trump, a republican, took the stage around 7:45 pm Thursday.
  Trump supporters with signs in hand getting ready for Baton Rouge rally. @WBRZ pic.twitter.com/i2oZW8ct6N— BrettBuffingtonWBRZ (@BrettBuffington) February 11, 2016Ahead of his address, surface streets in the area were packed - many at a standstill. Traffic was also stopped on I-
  
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• Assumption Sheriff's Office reacts to Waguespack's resignation

  11-02-2016 16:36
  
  NAPOLEONVILLE - The Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office has a new leader after Sheriff Mike Waguespack resigned last night."He contacted me, called me over, again, it was somewhat of a shock for me," said Interim Sheriff Bruce Prejean, who was previously chief criminal deputy.Waguespack made the announcement through an email, right before midnight.In a phone interview, he told News 2 that he accepted an offer to be the CFO for RES Contractors, LLC. “(Sometimes) opportu
  
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• Landry drops 'Common Core' fight with Edwards

  11-02-2016 16:35
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Attorney General Jeff Landry has dropped his fight with Gov. John Bel Edwards over a lawsuit against federal education officials.Edwards had moved recently to dismiss former Gov. Bobby Jindal's lawsuit that claimed federal authorities tried to coerce the state into adopting the Common Core math and English education standards. Jindal had already lost at the district court level and Edwards said the former governor's appeal was expensive and unnecessary.Landry said Edwards
  
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• Police: 4 teens arrested in carjacking of 77-year-old woman

  11-02-2016 15:23
  
  NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans police say four teenagers have been arrested in connection with a carjacking of a 77-year-old woman in eastern New Orleans.Police say the teenagers were arrested after they took the woman's vehicle Wednesday night and then crashed it after two police officers tried to stop them.Police say the woman told investigators that one of the teens pointed a pistol at her head and demanded her car keys. The teenagers allegedly involved were ages 17, 16, 15 and 14 years old.The te
  
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• Woman's body found in car that had been parked at Walmart for months

  11-02-2016 14:30
  
  MARINA, Calif. - A California woman’s body was in a busy parking lot for more than three months before someone noticed something was amiss and reported the vehicle to investigators.22-year-old Lauren Moss, of Marina, California, was found dead inside of her parked Volkswagen Jetta just last week. The car was found parked outside a Walmart store in Salinas, California.Moss was last seen alive on Nov. 13, the same day that she left a drug rehab center. Someone reported the woman missing
  
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• LSU QB depth chart, best and worst of Tiger Stadium: Twitter Mailbag

  11-02-2016 14:17
  
  LSU coaching staff and Dylan Moses also in the queue.
  
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• FBI says it's arrested last 4 Oregon occupiers

  11-02-2016 14:13
  
  BURNS, Ore. - The FBI has confirmed it arrested the last armed occupiers of an Oregon wildlife refuge.The bureau said in a statement Thursday that "no one was injured, and no shots were fired" when all four were taken into custody. The surrender of the holdouts played out live over a phone call streamed online.Authorities say Sean Anderson, 47; his wife Sandra Anderson, 48, both of Riggins, Idaho; and Jeff Banta, 46, of Yerington, Nevada, were arrested around 9:40 a.m. Thursday.The FBI
  
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• Buddhist monk faces March trial in embezzlement case

  11-02-2016 14:11
  
  LAFAYETTE - A Buddhist monk faces trial in March on charges he embezzled more than $200,000 from his Lafayette temple to feed a casino gambling habit.Khang Nguyen Le was scheduled to plead guilty on Wednesday to wire fraud charges. However, the plea agreement fell apart when Le told a federal judge that he couldn't understand how the charges applied to his case.Le defended his actions during the hearing and denied he intended to take cash from the bank accounts for the Vietnamese Buddhist Associ
  
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• 3 family members arrested after pulling guns during fight at BREC park

  11-02-2016 13:50
  
  BATON ROUGE - Three family members are behind bars on attempted murder and other charges Thursday after a fight with their daughter and her boyfriend at a BREC park ended in shots being fired.The victim’s parents, 48-year-old Thaddeus Vallery Sr. and 43-year-old Tiffany Vallery, and her brother, 20-year-old Thaddeus Vallery Jr., pulled into BREC’s Highland Road Community Park in the 14000 block of Highland Road at around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in separate vehicles to confront the
  
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• DHH reports 2 possible cases of Zika virus in Louisiana

  11-02-2016 13:23
  
  BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals says they’re investigating two possible cases of imported Zika virus in the state.DHH reports that both suspected cases are from individuals who recently traveled to countries in the Caribbean. Results gathered from DHH lab tests have been sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for confirmatory testing. Neither of the Louisiana patients required hospitalization.The release from DHH did not mention specifical
  
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• Livingston charts gravitational waves: What is LIGO?

  11-02-2016 12:17
  
  LIVINGSTON - Cosmic news Thursday that scientists at a remote research center in Livingston Parish proved gravitational wave theories suggested by Albert Einstein in 1915 instantly made this rural area of Louisiana a scientific mecca. Gravitational waves carry information about the origins and nature gravity that could not otherwise be obtained. Thursday, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory in Livingston confirmed it had detected gravitational waves from the collision of two
  
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• The Pledge of Allegiance: Most Blessed Sacrament School

  11-02-2016 09:19
  
  BATON ROUGE- Today's Pledge of Allegiance comes from the 2nd grade at Most Blessed Sacrament School.Be sure to watch The Daily Pledge every weekday on 2une In at 5:58 a.m. to see if your child's school is featured!Permalink| Comments
  
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• Another Broken Egg Cafe picks downtown Baton Rouge for new location

  11-02-2016 09:10
  
  BATON ROUGE- A new breakfast restaurant is coming to downtown Baton Rouge.Another Broken Egg Cafe will be opening a new location in the new IBM building at the corner of Lafayette and North Street. It's is expected to open this summer.The Double R Restaurant Group announced its plans for the new store in a news release sent out Thursday. The new restaurant will be the third Another Broken Egg Cafe in Baton Rouge.The group's president released the following statement regarding the downtown locati
  
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• Baton Rouge gets ready to welcome Donald Trump

  11-02-2016 08:14
  
  BATON ROUGE- Presidential candidate Donald Trump is in town today for a campaign event at the Baton Rouge River Center.The event will open to the public at 5 p.m., with Trump expected to take the stage at 7 p.m.Admission to the event is free, but guests can also register at TrumpBatonRouge.Eventbrite.com. The deadline to pre-register is 5 p.m. this evening.One political analyst says he thinks the visit will put the state in the spotlight."A lot of times the races are over by the time we get here
  
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• Louisiana's current budget woes mirror 1988 financial gaps

  11-02-2016 07:38
  
  BATON ROUGE- As Gov. John Bel Edwards struggles to stabilize Louisiana's finances, the troubles mirror the deep budget difficulties the state faced 28 years ago.Long-timers at the Louisiana Capitol equate today's financial woes with similar problems Gov. Buddy Roemer inherited when he took office in March 1988. He had a deficit in the range of $800 million to $1 billion - in a budget that totaled only about $7.5 billion.To steady the finances nearly three decades ago, millions in new user fees w
  
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• February 11, 2016 Morning News Pop

  11-02-2016 07:11
  
  Here are today's top stories:Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack resigns Governor Edwards to address state budget Trump to hold campaign rally in Baton Rouge ThursdaySuns up, temps upUpdates all day, every day:FACEBOOK | TWITTERPermalink| Comments
  
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• OKC Thunder assistant coach's wife dies after car accident

  11-02-2016 04:48
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY, OK.- The wife of Oklahoma City Thunder assistant coach Monty Williams has died from injuries suffered in a car crash.Oklahoma City police say Ingrid Williams, the wife of the former New Orleans Pelicans head coach, died Wednesday evening at a hospital.Capt. Paco Valderrama says the 44-year-old's SUV was struck Tuesday night just outside of downtown Oklahoma City when an oncoming car crossed the center line.Valderrama says that driver was pronounced dead at the scene.The Thunder is
  
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• Assumption Sheriff Mike Waguespack resigns to work in construction

  11-02-2016 03:32
  
  BATON ROUGE- Mike Waguespack has stepped down as the Sheriff in Assumption Parish to pursue a job in construction management.Waguespack likened his new opportunity to a change and offer he could not pass up.#AssumptionParish Sheriff resigns. Says he will be CFO for a local industrial contractor. @WBRZ— Natalia Verdina (@nataliaverdina) February 11, 2016"[Sometimes] opportunities in the private sector ... are a little time sensitive," he told WBRZ reporter Natalia Verdina in a phone con
  
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• Sediment-clogged Southwest Pass costing shippers millions, port officials say

  11-02-2016 01:46
  
  The Army Corps of Engineers hopes to have at least six dredges operating in the Mississippi River entrance to the ports of New Orleans and South Louisiana by the end of the month.
  
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